Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 2 , Pages 161-167 , 15 May 2009

Regional brain volumes and symptom severity in body dysmorphic disorder

  • Jamie D. Feusner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 2200, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States. Tel.: +1 310 206 4951; fax: +1 323 443 3593.
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  • Jennifer Townsend

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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  • Alexander Bystritsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
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  • Malin McKinley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
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  • Hayley Moller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
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  • Susan Bookheimer

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Received 13 August 2008 ,Revised 22 November 2008 ,Accepted 18 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.12.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 2 , Pages 161-167 , 15 May 2009

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